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GamePro's Gears of War 2 coverage 'complete nonsense'
Nick Chester02.04.08 - 2:28 PM 29 comments

GamePro's Gears of War 2 coverage 'complete nonsense' screenshot

I suppose a great way to sell magazines would be to make wild claims on your cover about sequels to blockbuster games. It seems that's what GamePro did, when they decided to put "Gears of War 2" right underneath the words "special report" on the cover of their next magazine.

Images of the cover appeared on the Internet a few days ago, causing wild speculation and unnecessary excitement about an impending announcement. In a post on the official Epic Games forums, President Mark Rein calls the long-running videogame magazine out.

"It is complete nonsense," he writes. "We have not announced a sequel to Gears of War to GamePro or anyone else for that matter."

His response is followed by a bunch of people complaining about Epic's lack of Gears of War PC support. Apparently, that game needs a patch, but I wouldn't know -- I played Gears of War on the Xbox 360 when it came out -- what, twelve years ago?

So we all know that the game is due for a sequel, and there have been enough rumors pointing to us seeing a sequel sometime this year. But you're certainly not going to hear about it in the next issue of GamePro. Stay tuned for tomorrow's special Destructoid report on Unreal Tournament 9 and Madden NFL 2010.



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MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 02/04/2008 14:25

What's that? Blatant lies and falsehoods in journalism? Unpossible!
winojesus's Avatar
winojesus at 02/04/2008 14:29

quelle-fucking-suprise.
there will NEVER be a gears 2.
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 02/04/2008 14:30

Of course Gears 2 is coming out, old news is old.
But there's no info on it.
Evo's Avatar
Evo at 02/04/2008 14:32

Grr PC patches needed!
Y0j1mb0's Avatar
Y0j1mb0 at 02/04/2008 14:34

They gotta put something on the cover so they can sell that garbage.

Next cover: Halo 4 Coming Exclusively for thr PS3!!
Neonie's Avatar
Neonie at 02/04/2008 14:45

That is why I don't like Gamepro. I find EGM a much more reliable sorce of information.
AgentMOO's Avatar
AgentMOO at 02/04/2008 14:46

But theres a 2! In a similar graphic style as the logo! it Must be trues!
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 02/04/2008 14:47

You don't hear about Gears 2 until Dr. Boa- I mean, CliffyB wants you to hear about it!
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 02/04/2008 14:48

Dammit all. I was hoping it was true.

Gears came out a year and a half ago.. give it some love!
VWGTI's Avatar
VWGTI at 02/04/2008 15:07

And all this time I thought Gamepro was credible.
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savagesaladin at 02/04/2008 15:20

GamePro got raped in the butt.
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Qraze at 02/04/2008 15:24

give them time to make the game first. they gotta get UT3 out for the 360 out first. and ms and mr.reins aren't exactly best buddies either.and if you think epic needs the money, their getting the bills paid licensing out their engine. there will be a sequel, but my guess is not this year.
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qwerty at 02/04/2008 15:25

I don't have an opinion about gamepro, but just because Epic hasn't """""Officially"""""" announced it, doenst mean they don't have info on it. They might have some info from a disgruntled employee or something, or maybe they have evidence/proff that its already under development.

I'm just saying
GuitarAtomik's Avatar
GuitarAtomik at 02/04/2008 15:41

I've always hated Gamepro.
Axion22's Avatar
Axion22 at 02/04/2008 15:50

Is there a niche category of gamer magazine that fills the same role as Weekly World News? If not, may I nominate Gamepro? Anyone second?
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 02/04/2008 15:55

Welcome to the internet! We can shoop things!
Tubatic's Avatar
Tubatic at 02/04/2008 16:04

Is it April Fools already?
Qraze's Avatar
Qraze at 02/04/2008 16:15

i hate lame-pro. they are like gamespot, i don't think i've ever heard them review a bad game as bad. i could be wrong. but whatever gets the magazine sold on a struggling medium has to do.make up a story about the return of gex the gecko and i'll buy. lol good journalist integrity to go around.
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Eschatos at 02/04/2008 16:23

Pics of the article or it didn't happen!
Jonathan Kerr's Avatar
Jonathan Kerr at 02/04/2008 16:27

MOAR LIEK LAMEPRO, AMIRITE??
Gameboi's Avatar
Gameboi at 02/04/2008 16:40

:-)
Dan CiTi's Avatar
Dan CiTi at 02/04/2008 16:49

It took them 20 mins to make UT3, I can understand that this will come out this year.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar
Kyousuke Nanbu at 02/04/2008 17:29

I remember picking up a PSM magazine because it said it had some exclusive info on GTA VC.

I open it up and it was just the box, that's all they had, an image of the box and them speculating on what the images on the box meant.
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Jimbo at 02/04/2008 17:41

Well, at least there won't be much speculation on Madden 2010. The features will include an updated player roster, updated graphics over Madden 2009, and will feature the same basic gameplay from the last 20 versions.
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Redzie at 02/04/2008 17:50

uh, dude it's gamepro
zibbyzib's Avatar
zibbyzib at 02/04/2008 18:28

FAKE NEWS ARE LIES!!!
Can't wait 4 GoW 2. FTW
Fading_Star's Avatar
Fading_Star at 02/04/2008 18:47

That's nice.
GoldBond's Avatar
GoldBond at 02/04/2008 22:18

No game rag is as bad as Gamepro. Though Game Informer is getting there.

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